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EGG BEATBR.

APPLIGTION FILED APR. 27, 1909.

Patented Jan. 11,1910.

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APPLIGATION FILED APR. 27, 1909.

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'1 T exas, have invented certain new and useful EGG-BEATER.

946,521. Specification f Letters Patent Patented Jan. 11, 1910.

Application filed April 27, 1909. Serial No, 492,448.

To all whom it may concern.' l The improved device comprises a recep- Beit known that I, CHARLES A. NICHOLS, l tacle 10, preferably cylindricaland formed a citizen of the United States, residing at of sheet metaland provided with a detachmarillo, in the county of Potter, State ofable closure 11, and in the smaller forms of the apparatus the casing isprovided with Improvements in Egg-Beaters; and I do I a handle 12, toenable the device to be held hereby declare the following to be a full,in one hand while being operated with the clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, other. Secured wit-hin the casing at opsuch as willenable others skilled in the art to posite sides thereof are guide ribs12-13, which it appertains to make and use the and slidably engagingthese guide ribs by same. suitable guide channels 111-15 is a partitionThis invention relates to egg beaters, and 16. Thepartition is providedin its central has for one of its objects to simplify and importion witha plurality of transverse relaprove the construction and increase theeflitively fine apertures 17. The member 1G is ciency and utility ofdevices of this charthus readily detachable from the receptacle acter.for cleansing or to permit the receptacle to rlhe improved devicecomprises in general be employed as a measuring cup, as herea receptaclehaving an intermediate partition after explained. Rising from thereceptacle dividing the receptacle into two compart- 10 at its oppositesides are two standards ments, the partition having transverse aper-18-19, the standards being provided with tures through its centralportions; a perfo- 1 open lateral slots 20-21 to form bearings ratedfollower within each of the compartfor a shaft 22. The standard 1S isprovided ments formed by the partition; a shaft havwith a suitable arm23 pivoted at 24 to the ing oppositely arranged cranks mounted for lstandard and provided with a recess 25 bearrotation above thereceptacle; and a rod riging over the shaft 22 when the latter isdisidly connected at one end to each of the folposed in position withinthe slot 20, the shaft lowers and movably connected at the other beingthus locked in position upon the standends to the cranks, so that whenthe shaft is ard. The standard 19 is provided with a rotated thefollowers will be caused to resimilar arm 26 having a notch 27 andpivoted ciprocate within the receptacle alternately at 23 to thestandard 21, and serving the and likewise caused to tilt from thehorizonsaine purpose as the arm 23 above described. tal at each stroke.By this means the eggs By this means the shaft is maintained in poarethoroughly disintegrated and beaten and sition rotatably upon thestandards, and can thrown from side to side of the receptacle by bereadily detached therefrom by simply elethe tilting movement of thefollower. vating the arms 23 26. The standard 1S The receptacle andother parts may be conis provided with a protuberance 29 beneathstructed of any required size, and of any which the arm 23 is sprungwhen in operatsuitable material, and itis not desired theretive positionto prevent its accidental disfore to limit the invention to any specificsize placement, while the standard 19 is proor to any specific form ofmaterial. The mavided with similar protuberances serving the terialemployed will preferably be of metal, same purpose for the arm 2G. Theshaft 22 and the receptacle will preferably be cylinis provided wit-hoppositely arranged cranks drical in form and the followers semi-cir-31-32 and with an operating handle 411, as cular in outline, and for thepurpose of illusshown. Arranged within the receptacle 10 at tration astructure of this form is shown, and l each side of the partition 1G arefollower in the drawings illustrative of the preferred plates 33-34, thefollower plates being semicircular in outline when the receptacle is incircular or cylindrical form. The follower device with the closureremoved. Fig. 2 is i plate 33 is provided with a plurality of relaavertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. tively large apertures 35 inits outer por- Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of i tion,and a plurality of relatively small aper- Fig. 1. Fig. l is a det-ailview enlarged i tures 36 in its inner portion, while the folillustratingthe construction of one of the i lower plate 34C is provided withsimilar large shaft supporting standards. Fig. 5 is a secand smallapertures 37-38, as shown. Rigtion of the partition member and a portionidly connected to the follower plate 33 is a of the receptacle, on theline 5-5 of Fig. 2. rod 39, while a similar rod 40 is rigidlyconembodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a plan view of the nnprovednected at one end to the follower plate 3i. The upper ends of the rods39-40 are movably coupled to the cranks 31-32.

By this arrangement it will be obvious that when the shaft 22 is rotatedthe follower plates will loe moved vertically and alternately within thereceptacle and at opposite sides of the partition, and at the same timetilt from the horizontal by reason of the rigid connection between therods 317-32 and the followers. By this means as the followers are movedupwardly theyvcause the egg Substance to be thrown toward one side ofthe easing and then at the return stroke of the follower the eggsubstance moved toward the opposite side of the receptacle. Thus theegg' substance is not only thoroughly beaten and disintegrated by themovement of the followei but is thrown from side to side during thevertical action. Thus a compound action is produced upon the Substancewhich materially increases the etliciency and utility of the devicewithout increasing the expense or the power necessary to operate thesame.

The outer portions of the partition 1G being iniperforate` the eggsubstance of each compartment. is confined ther-ein. and an efficaciousbeating action produced between i the follower and the importer-ateportions of the partition, while at the saine time the ceutrallyarranged apertures 1T permit the egg substance to be thrown back andforth from one compartment to the other during the rapid beating action.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelyiminufactured, and of any required size or capacity, and operateseffectually for the purpose described.

llvhile the improved device has been described as an egg beater, it isunderstood that the improved device may be employed for other purposeswith equal efficiency; for instance, the improved device may be employedfor whipping` cream, and for similar purposes, and it is understood thatitis not desired to limit the device in its operl l i ation to anyparticular material or substance.

By forming the followers with the relatively large apertures near theouter portion and the relatively tine apertures at the inner portion theegg substance is caused to pass more readily through the outer portionsof the follower during the outwai'd and downward strokes than throughthe inner portions, thus causingl the more rapid and etlicacious beatingand mingling of the particles, as will be observed.

The closure member 11 is provided with spaced slots through which therods S31-,n2 operate, and will not generally be required when the deviceis required as an egg beater,

but may be necessary when the device is employed for whipping cream, andfor like purposes.

iV hat is claimed, is

l. 1n a device of the class described, a receptacle, a verticalpartition in said receptacle and provided with transverse perforatioiisin the central portion thereof, a perforated follower at each side ofsaid partition, a shaft mounted for rotation and provided withoppositely arranged cranks, and rods rigidly connected at one endrespectively to said followers and inovably coupled at their other endsto said cranks, whereby the. followers are caused to be operatedaltcrnatel y and tilted from the horizontal at cach stroke.

2. ln a device of the class described, a receptacle, a verticalpartition in said receptacle and provided with transverse perforationsin the central portion thereof, a follower within said receptacle ateach side of said partition, each follower having a plurality ofrelatively small apertures in its inner portion and relatively largeapertures in the outer portion, a shaft mounted for rotation andprovided with oppositely arranged cranks, and rods rigidly connected atone end to said followers and movably connected at the other ends tosaid cranks.

3. vin a device of the class described, a receptacle, vertical guideribs within said r ,ceptacle, a partition slidably engaging said guideribs and provided with apertures in the central portion thereof, afollower within said receptacle at each side of said partition, a shaftmounted for rotation and provided with oppositely arranged cranks, androds rigidly connected at one end respectively to said followers andmovably coupled at their other ends to said cranks.

at. A device of the class described, a receptacle, a vertical partitionin said receptacle and provided with transverse perforaticns in thecentral portion thereof, a perforated follower at each side of saidpartition, standards rising from said receptacle at each side thereofand each provided with a lateral open slot, a shaft mounted for rotationwithin said sltts and provided with oppositely arranged cranks, alocking aiin mounted to swing upon each of said standards. a connectingrod rigidly united at one end to each of said followers and movablycoupled at the other ends to said crank.

ln testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES A. NICHOLS.

lfitnesses:

J. R. ',liioLiNoni-i, A. C. BUTLER.

